Hacker News with Generative AI: Legal Cases

Anna's Archive Scraping: Court Defers Key Questions to State Supreme Court (torrentfreak.com)
The legal battle between library database giant OCLC and shadow library search engine Anna's Archive has hit a snag.
Legal Cases, Copyright, Libraries, Digital Libraries
7 points by hn_acker 1 day ago | 0 comments
DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case (cnbc.com)
Legal Cases, Crime, Death Penalty
21 points by christhecaribou 1 day ago | 1 comments
Appeals Court Rules That Corner Crossing Is Legal in at Least Six States (outdoorlife.com)
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Western U.S. today ruled that corner-crossing, or accessing public land at a common corner with private land, is legal and protected by federal law.
Law, Outdoor Recreation, Land Use, Legal Cases
8 points by anyonecancode 11 days ago | 0 comments
More than 1600 sex assault cases vs. Uber merged in far-reaching court ruling (latimes.com)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that more than 1,600 sexual assault cases against Uber will be allowed to continue before a single San Francisco judge, a move with far-reaching implications for the ride-hailing app and its cohort in Silicon Valley.
Legal Cases, Sexual Assault, Ride-Sharing, Technology, Law
12 points by Kon-Peki 21 days ago | 0 comments
Developer guilty of using kill switch to sabotage employer's systems (bleepingcomputer.com)
A software developer has been found guilty of sabotaging his ex-employer's systems by running custom malware and installing a "kill switch" after being demoted at the company.
Cybersecurity, Software Development, Legal Cases
5 points by jc_811 25 days ago | 1 comments
Another Conflict Between Privacy Laws and Age Authentication–Murphy v Confirm ID (ericgoldman.org)
This opinion is a routine ruling over TOS formation and whether disputes must go to arbitration. However, before I dig into that question, I need to note the case’s chilling implications.
Privacy Laws, Legal Cases, Arbitration, Online Services
117 points by hn_acker 33 days ago | 102 comments
US judge grants CIA impunity in Assange visitors case (twitter.com)
US Government, Espionage, Law, Legal Cases, Journalism
15 points by k1m 40 days ago | 3 comments
Defending Software Freedom against Apple at the EU's highest court [video] (fosdem.org)
Apple is one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. Its unbalanced power spans over software and devices, trapping end-users and developers in tight lock-ins. This approach has prevented Free Software to flourish in environments controlled by Apple.
Software Freedom, Apple, EU Law, Legal Cases
9 points by todsacerdoti 53 days ago | 1 comments
Plaintiffs cited 9 total cases The problem with these cases is that none exist [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
Law, Legal Cases, Court Records, Legal Analysis, Legal Proceedings
20 points by healsdata 54 days ago | 1 comments
Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data (arstechnica.com)
Newly unsealed emails allegedly provide the "most damning evidence" yet against Meta in a copyright case raised by book authors alleging that Meta illegally trained its AI models on pirated books.
Copyright Law, Artificial Intelligence, Meta, Legal Cases, Data Sets
1270 points by gameshot911 55 days ago | 934 comments
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed (arstechnica.com)
Meta's alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
Copyright Law, Meta, Legal Cases, Piracy, Technology
22 points by adrian_mrd 55 days ago | 6 comments
AI Expert's Testimony Collapses over Fake AI Citations (forbes.com)
In a twist that perfectly encapsulates the risks of artificial intelligence in the courtroom, on Jan. 10th, a Stanford professor hired as an expert witness in a lawsuit about AI-generated deepfakes had his testimony thrown out after it was revealed that AI itself had hallucinated citations in his court filing.
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Legal Cases
7 points by belter 58 days ago | 1 comments
Meta lawyer Mark Lemley quits AI case citing Zuckerberg 'descent' (bloomberglaw.com)
California attorney Mark Lemley dropped Meta Platforms Inc. as a client in a high-profile copyright case because of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness,” the Stanford University professor said on LinkedIn.
Legal Cases, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, Silicon Valley
47 points by jsheard 78 days ago | 42 comments
EFF Sides with Cox to Protect Piracy-Accused Internet Users from Copyright Troll (torrentfreak.com)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has got involved in a lawsuit between several movie companies and ISP Cox, who disagree over the use of DMCA subpoenas to identify alleged pirates. The EFF argues this could be abused by "copyright trolls" to target innocent users. They urge the court to require a full lawsuit with judicial oversight.
Copyright Law, Digital Rights, Internet Privacy, Legal Cases
8 points by gslin 80 days ago | 0 comments
EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws [pdf] (europa.eu)
EU Law, Data Privacy, Government Regulations, Legal Cases
6 points by impish9208 84 days ago | 1 comments
TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case (vox.com)
The Supreme Court case asking if the government can ban TikTok is easier than it looks.
Legal Cases, Social Media, Supreme Court
95 points by nabla9 86 days ago | 128 comments
Man who claims he invented Bitcoin faces prison after filing $1.1T suit (arstechnica.com)
Craig Wright, the man who claims he invented bitcoin and has been filing lawsuits asserting intellectual property rights, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for committing contempt of court.
Bitcoin, Lawsuits, Cryptocurrency, Legal Cases
6 points by pseudolus 102 days ago | 0 comments
Our remedies proposal in DOJ's search distribution case (google)
We will appeal the Court’s decision but the process requires that we first file proposed remedies. This is a case about contracts. Antitrust law is clear that remedies should be directed to those contracts, unlike DOJ’s overbroad proposal.
Antitrust Law, Legal Cases, Google, Contracts
33 points by xnx 103 days ago | 5 comments
End of Hachette vs. Internet Archive (archive.org)
While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the Internet Archive has decided not to pursue Supreme Court review.
Legal Cases, Digital Libraries, Copyright
23 points by jzb 118 days ago | 1 comments
End of Hachette v. Internet Archive (archive.org)
While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the Internet Archive has decided not to pursue Supreme Court review.
Legal Cases, Copyright, Libraries
12 points by hn_acker 119 days ago | 2 comments
Core copyright violation moves ahead in The Intercept's lawsuit against OpenAI (niemanlab.org)
Last week, a New York federal judge ruled a key copyright violation claim by The Intercept against OpenAI would move ahead in court.
Copyright Law, Journalism, AI, Legal Cases
307 points by giuliomagnifico 125 days ago | 364 comments
Supreme Court to review 5th Circuit ruling that upends Universal Service Fund (arstechnica.com)
The US Supreme Court will hear appeals of a 5th Circuit ruling that called Universal Service fees on phone bills an illegal tax.
Legal Cases, Telecommunications, Government, Supreme Court, Law
4 points by LorenDB 128 days ago | 0 comments
Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against Facebook parent Meta, stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
Legal Cases, Law, Social Media, Privacy, Facebook
109 points by JumpCrisscross 130 days ago | 51 comments
Woman Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine Wins Record $12M (newsweek.com)
A federal jury in Detroit awarded more than $12 million Friday to a former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) employee who was terminated after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, citing religious discrimination.
Legal Cases, COVID-19, Healthcare, Employment
7 points by shaicoleman 142 days ago | 1 comments
Laion wins copyright infringement lawsuit in German court (technollama.co.uk)
Copyright AI nerds have been eagerly awaiting a decision in the German case of Kneschke v LAION (previous blog post about the case here), and yesterday we got a ruling (text of the decision in German here, courtesy of Mirko Brüß). In short, LAION was successful in its defence against claims for copyright infringement.
Copyright Law, Artificial Intelligence, Legal Cases
11 points by pcaharrier 156 days ago | 0 comments
Court grants WP Engine's motion to shorten time [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
Legal Cases, Web Hosting, WP Engine
21 points by rob 161 days ago | 1 comments
WP Engine's motion for preliminary injunction [pdf] (courtlistener.com)
Legal Cases, Software, WordPress
24 points by lolinder 167 days ago | 7 comments
Google LLC vs. Oracle America, Inc (wikipedia.org)
Legal Cases, Software, Intellectual Property
6 points by sandwichsphinx 170 days ago | 0 comments
Jenniffer Westmoreland (Plaintiff) vs. Matt Mullenweg (Defendant) [pdf] (2022) (freewp.com)
Lawsuits, Legal Cases, WordPress
10 points by gjsman-1000 170 days ago | 3 comments
Couple in an Uber crash can't sue because of an Uber Eats order (ctvnews.ca)
A married New Jersey couple that was in a severe accident during an Uber ride can’t sue the company because they and their daughter agreed to arbitration when they accepted the terms of service for a separate Uber Eats order, a court has ruled.
Legal Cases, Uber, Contracts, Transportation, Technology
17 points by Bluestein 182 days ago | 5 comments